SF Tech Week 2026 · Oct 5–11
227 workshops and roundtables at SF Tech Week 2026, Oct 5–11.
SF Tech Week 2026 (Oct 5–11) has 227 workshops and roundtables (205 open for registration, 8 with a waitlist). Highlights include Talk to Users Hackathon (hosted by Stripe), Killing Meetings with Zoom [IRL] (hosted by Zoom Communications), Early-Stage Founder Cafe (hosted by Rackhouse Venture Capital).
Listings updated from Tech Week Oct 8, 6:40 PM PDT.
227 events · showing the first 100, upcoming first
Thursday, October 8 ·
Hosted by Rackhouse Venture Capital, Stripe · SOMA
Are you an early-stage founder in town for Tech Week and want a third space to work, connect with peers, and get real feedback on what you’re building?
Thursday, October 8 ·
Hosted by Female Founder collective · Virtual (SF)
IMPORTANT: THIS IS NO LONGER AN ACCURATE EVENT PAGE. PLEASE CLICK HERE FOR UP TO DATE INFORMATION + TO RSVP: https://luma.com/0nqh5a25 You don't need to know how to code.
Thursday, October 8 ·
Hosted by Leverage, RedHat · Mission
Join AMD, Cerebras, MoonMath AI, Red Hat, and the vLLM project for an in-person half day on open source inference, ending with a hands-on workshop you can follow along with on…
Thursday, October 8 ·
Hosted by Alma · Other
Office Sanctuary at Alma 🧘 Tech Week is a marathon. Alma's opening our office as your calm in the middle of it, a drop-in lounge to recharge between the chaos.
Thursday, October 8 ·
Hosted by Azarian Growth Agency · Virtual (SF)
Your associates are already using AI on deal work. The question is whether it is infrastructure or improvisation.
Thursday, October 8 ·
Hosted by Juliet AI, Inc. · Virtual (SF)
AI isn’t eliminating agencies. It is widening the gap between agencies that sell more hours and agencies that turn their expertise into repeatable systems.
Thursday, October 8 ·
Hosted by Ellis Porter · SOMA
US immigration can materially affect a startup’s hiring plan, founder structure, fundraising timeline, and ability to retain key talent.
Thursday, October 8 ·
Hosted by Cambermast, Base44 · FiDi (SF)
It is time to reshape your career for modern work with AI. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KmhC6jb0pws A new role is emerging inside many professions: the Frontier Professional.
Thursday, October 8 ·
Hosted by Elevate With Twisha · Virtual (SF)
(Note: This is a virtual event. Link will be shared with approved participants.) The Problem: The Commoditization of Tech Talent We are witnessing a strange phenomenon in 2026.
Thursday, October 8 ·
Hosted by Egregora Global · Palo Alto
Your competitor is already doing this. Are you? You're not converting opportunities into revenue at the speed you need to raise your next round.
Thursday, October 8 ·
Hosted by Presentation Mode · Lower Haight
Bring a pitch. Leave ready to raise. 📅Thursday, October 8th 11am–12:30pm 📍 San Francisco, CA 👥 For founders who want the kind of feedback that actually moves the needle on…
Thursday, October 8 ·
Hosted by Untapped Ventures · Virtual (SF)
We're at an interesting moment in AI. The hype cycle has matured. The infrastructure bets are playing out. Agentic systems are moving from demos to production.
Thursday, October 8 ·
Hosted by Aim-Hi, Mojave cloud · Mountain View
Here is the updated event description with those details adjusted: Software Founder’s Go-To-Market Strategies & Networking | #SFTechWeek Hosted by Mojave Cloud & Aim-Hi Time…
Thursday, October 8 ·
Hosted by Globiant, Boxsy, Middleware, PlayGTM · FiDi (SF)
Building the Right AI-Centric Growth Enablers for Your Next Stage You have delivered an early product/offering with big market potential (not the focus here), attracted customers…
Thursday, October 8 ·
Hosted by Cloudonix, Inc · Virtual (SF)
Most AI Voice discussions focus on: Models Latency Prompting Voice quality But the biggest challenge for production deployments may be compliance and telecom infrastructure.
Thursday, October 8 ·
Hosted by AI Velocity Trading · SOMA
Everyone is talking about using AI to build trading strategies. Few people are talking about how to determine whether those strategies actually work.
Thursday, October 8 ·
Hosted by Luvira Consulting, NanoGC · Virtual (SF)
Building a consumer-facing digital health or wellness startup? Before you spend a dollar over-lawyering, get the lay of the land.
Thursday, October 8 ·
Hosted by Revenue Retention Advisors LLC, Inspire Your Buyers, Converge SPT · SOMA
Which of your three motions is quietly losing money? Enterprise revenue depends on three connected motions: win preference, earn approval, expand the account.
Thursday, October 8 ·
Hosted by Juliet AI, Inc. · Virtual (SF)
Thursday, October 8, 2026 2:00–3:00 PM Pacific Live on Zoom Your first $1M in revenue rarely comes from one magic channel.
Thursday, October 8 ·
Hosted by REHATCH · Union Square (SF)
Relax for the hours and enjoy a piece of Japanese culture while taking part in networking with other marketers. Please check out the event details here!
Thursday, October 8 ·
Hosted by Fieldguide · Downtown (SF)
Fieldguide builds AI agents that run real, consequential work inside audit and advisory engagements, where mistakes carry financial and compliance weight.
Thursday, October 8 ·
Hosted by Myop · SOMA
People are living inside ChatGPT and Claude now. Whether you're a developer, a professional, or running a small business, the thing you build gets discovered next if it shows up…
Thursday, October 8 ·
Hosted by Auth0 · FiDi (SF)
🚨 Note: bring your laptop. ⏰ Agenda – 3:30pm Doors open – 4:00pm [Workshop] Build AI Agents with Auth0 – 7:30pm Happy hour & networking ABOUT AI agents are only as good as…
Thursday, October 8 ·
Hosted by PitchWell · Palo Alto
Headshots, Headlines + Hot Seats: A Visible Founder Open Studio Your investor deck is immaculate. Your press strategy is a LinkedIn post you didn't finish. Be honest.
Thursday, October 8 ·
Hosted by ICARUS GTM Systems · SOMA
Pull a block. Answer a question. Meet another founder. Join us for a small founder hangout with Jenga, snacks, and conversations that go beyond “So, what do you do?” Each turn…
Thursday, October 8 ·
Hosted by Mucker Capital · FiDi (SF)
Founders see a killer AI use case, get genuinely excited… and still never ship it. Why?
Thursday, October 8 ·
Hosted by Cognisee, PBC, Ashurst Perkins Coie · FiDi (SF)
Building Superintelligence for Humanity is an intimate, dialogue-based gathering during SF Tech Week for people thinking deeply about the future of AI, human agency, and…
Thursday, October 8 ·
Hosted by ADHD Ventures · SOMA
Approval required. Private office. A working session for Seed and Series A founders, operators, and investors who can actually help the room.
Thursday, October 8 ·
Hosted by Table for One, Floot, Inc · Virtual (SF)
Vibe coding makes it easier than ever to build. The harder question is knowing what you should build in the first place.
Thursday, October 8 ·
Hosted by Sprava/Strata (we are pivoting, the website will be updated) · Salesforce Park
Companies are investing aggressively in AI—but who actually owns the ROI? Finance, which evaluates the investment? Product, which makes the bet?
Thursday, October 8 ·
Hosted by Magnific · SOMA
Magnific Tech—Growth at the Pace of AI How do you actually build and ship GenAI models that creatives can use in production?
Thursday, October 8 ·
Hosted by Laminar, Berkeley Gateway Accelerator · Other
Remember science museum worksheets from field trips? The kind where you wandered room to room, checked boxes, and left knowing more than you meant to?
Thursday, October 8 ·
Hosted by Ugly Talk · Union Square (SF)
A customer asks your agent for a refund. The agent says it's handled. Now it has to actually issue that refund: call the API as that customer, with their permissions and nobody…
Thursday, October 8 ·
Hosted by The Frontier Syndicate, Voice Arena · Downtown (SF)
Voice Research Club is a Voice Arena initiative in collaboration with the Bay Area Frontier Research Club.
Thursday, October 8 ·
Hosted by Uplane Inc. · FiDi (SF)
What does it take to go from a first idea to a fully live marketing campaign using AI?
Thursday, October 8 ·
Hosted by Deskree · SOMA
There's no shortage of takes on how AI is changing engineering. There's a real shortage of honest ones.
Thursday, October 8 ·
Hosted by Cherie AI · North Beach
The founder of Cherie AI hosts an app demo day and networking event for the next-generation of women in tech… This is for the fashion girls of their office, defiant female…
Thursday, October 8 ·
Hosted by Insightsout · Hayes Valley
We are living through rapid shifts in how we work, lead, relate, and make decisions. AI is accelerating some of those changes, but the deeper questions are human ones.
Thursday, October 8 ·
Hosted by Fertility Intelligence Company · Hayes Valley
For high achieving women balancing peak fertility and peak career at the same time: You keep moving egg freezing or trying to conceive to next year. After the round.
Thursday, October 8 ·
Hosted by Gravel Road Consulting · Mission
We are living through rapid shifts in how we work, lead, relate, and make decisions. AI is accelerating some of those changes, but the deeper questions are human ones.
Thursday, October 8 ·
Hosted by Adams Harris Consulting · East Bay
The college admissions journey is changing, and AI is accelerating that change.
Thursday, October 8 ·
Hosted by Aesthetic Intelligence Circle · Palo Alto
🎟 Tickets are $15, 20 seats total RSVP here and I'll send you the ticket link to confirm your seat.
Thursday, October 8 ·
Hosted by Fund Bridge · SOMA
[A High-Signal Founder Roundtable on Turning Early Traction into High-Retention SaaS] About This Event: Achieving initial Product-Market Fit (PMF) is a major milestone, but a…
Thursday, October 8 ·
Hosted by 16VC · FiDi (SF)
Building something ambitious? Join 16VC for a small founder-focused gathering during SF Tech Week.
Friday, October 9 ·
Hosted by Kat Rucker Consulting Group · Virtual (SF)
Building your sales and marketing systems can feel overwhelming. These office hours are an opportunity to ask questions, troubleshoot challenges, and get practical advice on how…
Friday, October 9 ·
Hosted by Videoclaw · Mission Bay
Minimum Viable Presence: Launch-Ready Video Assets for Founders, an SF Tech Week hands-on session hosted by Videoclaw. You shipped your MVP. Now you need people to see it.
Friday, October 9 ·
Hosted by Malaika Commons · Downtown (SF)
Workshop Brief: Building the AI Credit & Metering Engine Hosted and powered by Metrifox The Objective Move beyond the theory of usage-based pricing.
Friday, October 9 ·
Hosted by Myop · SOMA
SF Tech Week is full of founders talking about what they'll build. This is the room where you build it.
Friday, October 9 ·
Hosted by Mucker Capital · FiDi (SF)
What makes a pitch deck actually convince investors to write a check? Join Matt Gore, Founder of OPTIO, for a practical breakdown of how to build a pitch deck that gets investors'…
Friday, October 9 ·
Hosted by Build With AI University · Downtown (SF)
Companies are looking for AI-enabled professionals. If you are at Tech week looking for a better or a new job then come and lets build your AI powered portfolio to send to your…
Friday, October 9 ·
Hosted by Adlyse · Virtual (SF)
A practical workshop for agencies and brand marketing teams, powered by Adlyse. Your team wants to use AI to run paid media more effectively.
Friday, October 9 ·
Hosted by Juliet AI, Inc. · Virtual (SF)
LIVE ON ZOOM Hands-on workshop Link sent to confirmed guests Five AI workflows. One live campaign. Sixty minutes. Prompts made marketing faster.
Friday, October 9 ·
Hosted by Mucker Capital · FiDi (SF)
Most "building in public" is just inflated LinkedIn noise. In this session, you'll understand what actually kept founders accountable through the hurdles of building a business.
Friday, October 9 ·
Hosted by Big Valley Marketing · Union Square (SF)
Can you make your company matter in one minute? Step up to the mic and tell your company or product story in just 60 seconds to a panel of people who hear pitches for a living…
Friday, October 9 ·
Hosted by Exonome · Chinatown
The best marketplaces often begin with something one person understands unusually well: a local community, professional ecosystem, personal passion, specialized service, unusual…
Friday, October 9 ·
Hosted by GRAIL · Mission
Building Self-Improving AI Agents: From Loop to Deployment AI is moving past simple chatbots toward autonomous agents capable of complex reasoning.
Friday, October 9 ·
Hosted by Build With AI University · Downtown (SF)
You built the thing. Nobody knows it exists. That is the real gap for most early-stage founders: not the product, distribution. And the way people get found has changed.
Friday, October 9 ·
Hosted by Meridian Collective · Presidio Heights
$50 venmo: mariminal cash app: $marialai111 Profits will be donated. In tech, we are trained to optimize: move faster, gather more data, and find the right answer.
Friday, October 9 ·
Hosted by AIsa · Alamo Square
402 Payment Required, inside The New Business Stack. HTTP 402 sat reserved in the spec since 1997, waiting for a customer that wasn’t a person.
Friday, October 9 ·
Hosted by Gust Labs Inc, Forecastr · Pacific Heights
Two brave founders are about to have their financial model taken apart in front of a room full of people.
Friday, October 9 ·
Hosted by EmpowHer - Female Entrepreneurs Community · Downtown (SF)
From Employee to Entrepreneur: Women’s Roundtable & Mastermind What does it actually take to move from a successful career into entrepreneurship?
Friday, October 9 ·
Hosted by Zhennovate · Hayes Valley
A Salon for Navigating Work, Identity, and Change AI is changing more than the tasks we perform.
Friday, October 9 ·
Hosted by Sonoma AI, SOMO Cowork · Other
This is an in-person event! Registration is required in order to get in. Topic: Sonoma AI Meetups for remote tech workers, to build a North Bay AI community, collaboratively…
Friday, October 9 ·
Hosted by Action Labs · East Bay
## How to Use AI to Build a Better Democracy What if AI could be more than a threat to democracy—and instead become a powerful tool for strengthening it?
Friday, October 9 ·
Hosted by ProtoLive.xyz · SOMA
Be one of the first users to build something beautiful with ProtoLive.xyz.
Friday, October 9 ·
Hosted by Rooms, Growee · Downtown (SF)
The opposite of small talk and the 300-person mixer noise. The Unhinged Jeffersonian Salon brings venture scouts, solo GPs, and investors together for sunset drinks and dinner…
Friday, October 9 ·
Hosted by Modelence · SOMA
Join Modelence (YC S25) along with the best early-stage founders in SF to level up your production cloud setup, network with founders and grab food & drinks.
Friday, October 9 ·
Hosted by Bret Waters, Sand Hill Marketing · Palo Alto
Things have shifted dramatically in 2026. The Startup Playbook for the next decade will undoubtedly be different from the one that Silicon Valley founders have followed in the…
Friday, October 9 ·
Hosted by Heritage Table · Mission
Most Tech Week rooms begin with what people do. This one begins with what, and whom, they remember. The Memory Table is an intimate dinner series by Heritage Table.
Saturday, October 10 ·
Hosted by Kat Rucker Consulting Group · Virtual (SF)
Building your sales and marketing systems can feel overwhelming. These office hours are an opportunity to ask questions, troubleshoot challenges, and get practical advice on how…
Saturday, October 10 ·
Hosted by PrincipiumX · SOMA
A First-Principles Workshop for Founders, CEOs, CPOs and Investors You have a product. You have early traction, a team and capital behind you.
Saturday, October 10 ·
Hosted by Stripe, Base44, Cognition, Sense AI, Daytona, FishAudio, MongoDB, BrightData, Clerk · SOMA
Most hackathons end with a demo to judges who've never touched your product.
Saturday, October 10 ·
Hosted by Your Next Win · Virtual (SF)
Watch modern tools and workflows turn ideas into real, testable products—and build along, LIVE!
Saturday, October 10 ·
Hosted by Quetta Labs, Pinetree Research · Downtown (SF)
Agents can pass the bar exam and still get stuck on a dropdown menu. Join Quetta Labs and Solari for an intimate coffee salon in San Francisco, bringing together researchers…
Saturday, October 10 ·
Hosted by Startup Universe · Stanford
GTM Unlocked: The IRL Economy The Future of Live Events, Community and Growth Saturday, October 10 · 2:00–5:00 PM Stanford University Join us at Stanford for a conversation with…
Saturday, October 10 ·
Hosted by Knovel Protocol · Civic Center
Come swap knowledge at Knovel Literary Club. This event will be full of suprises join our book swap activation curated by Knovel Protocol, bringing readers together to trade…
Saturday, October 10 ·
Hosted by Insightsout · Hayes Valley
We have been through many changes as people and as a species, and something has always carried us through. This session is a chance to look at that honestly, together.
Saturday, October 10 ·
Hosted by Stanford University · Palo Alto
The Forward Deployed Engineer is the role every AI company is suddenly hiring for technical, fast-moving, and embedded directly with customers. Postings are up sharply this year.
Saturday, October 10 ·
Hosted by Unfram_d, Deutsche Bank · Palo Alto
At 33, Tunji Adeniyi-Jones has already done what most artists take decades to build: museum placements across Asia, Europe, Africa, and the U.S.
Sunday, October 11 ·
Hosted by Hype Network · Mission Bay
The HYPE NETWORK is a faith-based community equipping Kingdom entrepreneurs with the tools, resources, and connections to birth, grow, and scale businesses for greater Kingdom…
Sunday, October 11 ·
Hosted by Pollo.ai · SOMA
Anyone can generate a video now. That part is solved. The harder question is what makes something worth watching, remembering, and paying for once production costs almost nothing.
Sunday, October 11 ·
Hosted by Grey Mahout · Palo Alto
(Moved from Friday to Sunday) Executive to Founder: Navigating the Identity Shift A small-group coaching expereince for founders who made the leap.
Sunday, October 11 ·
Hosted by Vrifyd · Civic Center
Getting hired shouldn't mean tricking an algorithm. Yet here we are: keyword-stuffing résumés, gaming the ATS, feeding company values back to a screener in its own language, while…
Monday, October 5 ·
Hosted by Nlink · SOMA
[Demoscene] This event is a part of #SFTechWeek—a week of events hosted by VCs and startups to bring together the tech ecosystem. Learn more at www.tech-week.com
Monday, October 5 ·
Hosted by Growee · Embarcadero
👋 Register even if you can't make the party, but want to stay in touch/ need or offer hosting help. Coming to the rooftop? Just want to meet other hosts?
Monday, October 5 ·
Hosted by LeanData · SOMA
OpsStars is the go-to event for RevOps leaders, GTM strategists, and revenue operators looking to lead the next era of go-to-market.
Monday, October 5 ·
Hosted by STRATIVIS · Virtual (SF)
From Disruption to Direction... Rapid change is part of working in technology, but constant shifts in priorities, AI adoption, restructuring, and evolving talent needs can quickly…
Monday, October 5 ·
Hosted by One Culture Foundation · Embarcadero
⚠️ IMPORTANT FINAL ATTENDANCE CONFIRMATION REQUIRED Due to overwhelming demand, the Oct 5 Google Community Space session is limited to 50 participants.
Monday, October 5 ·
Hosted by Contextful · Downtown (SF)
AI doesn’t have to be a choice between acceleration and safety, humans and machines, abundance and control.
Monday, October 5 ·
Hosted by Corporate Accelerator Forum, University of San Francisco · FiDi (SF)
Now that #GenAI has democratized buiding, Tech Week is for everyone! Who Should Attend: Whether you’re an aspiring entrepreneur, a non-technical startup founder, a staffer in a…
Monday, October 5 ·
Hosted by Qapita · Downtown (SF)
Calling all early-stage founders! Ready to fuel your startup's next stage of growth?
Monday, October 5 ·
Hosted by Juliet AI, Inc. · Virtual (SF)
Five companies. Five live growth teardowns. One fast-moving hour. Building is easier than ever. Getting found, trusted, and chosen is still hard.
Monday, October 5 ·
Hosted by Andyama Advisory · Jackson Square
You're a founder or an operator, and somewhere along the way go-to-market landed on your desk. So you did the logical thing more content, more campaigns, more activity.
Monday, October 5 ·
Hosted by Zhennovate · Virtual (SF)
Location Zoom link will be announced on the day of. AI is no longer simply helping people complete tasks.
Monday, October 5 ·
Hosted by Catapult Circles · Embarcadero
The AI transition is reshuffling who you need to know and who needs to know you.
Monday, October 5 ·
Hosted by Luvira Consulting · Virtual (SF)
Creator partnerships have become a real growth channel, but most founders are figuring out how to hire, structure, and manage them as they go. This session pulls back the curtain.
Monday, October 5 ·
Hosted by Savas Labs · SOMA
AI can provide us tremendous value personally and professionally and its (current) weaknesses are largely predictable and workable with experience.
Monday, October 5 ·
Hosted by Koki AI · SOMA
Design is moving from static interfaces to agent-native systems—where ideas become working, editable artifacts through collaboration with AI agents.
Monday, October 5 ·
Hosted by SensePulse · Mission
Join us during Tech Week for an intimate afternoon coffee break between pitch events with founders, engineers, researchers, and builders working at the intersection of consumer…
Monday, October 5 ·
Hosted by Pluvo · SOMA
Most finance teams have tried AI by now. A pilot that demoed well and never made it into the close. A prompt library one person maintains and nobody else has seen.
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